Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #96928 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-03-30
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Full Screen, Special Edition, Surround Sound, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 73 minutes

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Don't let your dream house be a nightmare in disguise! Everything you need to know about Real Estate - from Asbestos to Zoning. This 5-star rated DVD has over an hour of video and as an added bonus you also get the 80 page HIB DVD Companion Guide e-Book. This DVD shows the precise steps to follow to inspect all of the OPERATING SYSTEMS of a home.

The OPERATING SYSTEMS DVD topics include: heating systems (gas,oil, steam, hot water, and hot air heating), air-conditioning, water heaters, plumbing, well water system, septic system, electrical system, gas service, and auxiliary systems. Health Concerns topics including: asbestos insulation, radon gas, and water testing.

The INTERIOR and EXTERIOR inspection topics are covered in our other DVD that can be purchased separately. The INTERIOR and EXTERIOR DVD topics include: roof, chimneys, siding, eaves, gutters, drainage and grading, windows, walkways, entrances and porches, driveways, walls and fences, patios and terraces, decks, swimming pools, exterior structures, wood destroying insects, garage, kitchen, bathrooms, floors and stairs, walls and ceilings, windows and doors, fireplaces, attics, ventilation, insulation, basement/lower level, water penetration.

This is definitely the best home inspection DVD series on the market! Created by Guy Cozzi who is a licensed appraiser, home inspector, consultant, and real estate investor. This top selling author has been quoted as a real estate expert by the New York Times and many other publications. He has been a guest speaker on real estate investment TV shows for years. Guy Cozzi has taught thousands of people how to inspect, appraise and invest in real estate and provides advice to many banks and mortgage lenders. This DVD license does not allow rentals of the DVD.

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Customer Reviews

Professionally done DVD video with lots of helpful items!
When I was buying my home I got this DVD series and found it to have lots of helpful advice. I wanted to make sure I learned as much as I could because I relied on the Realtors and an unqualified inspector for my last home purchase and it was a costly mistake.

This time around I made sure I educated myself more so I could find some problems and repairs needed on my own. Both this DVD and the other DVD in this series had every topic covered that was necessary for me to know, such as:

OPERATING SYSTEMS DVD topics include:
heating systems (gas, oil, steam, hot water, and hot air heating),
air-conditioning, water heaters, plumbing, well water system, septic system, electrical system,
gas service, and auxiliary systems.
Health Concerns topics including: asbestos insulation, radon gas, and water testing.

The other DVD in this series covers the INTERIOR and EXTERIOR topics:
roof, chimneys, siding, eaves, gutters, drainage and grading,
windows, walkways, entrances and porches, driveways, walls and fences,
patios and terraces, decks, swimming pools, exterior structures,
wood destroying insects, garage, kitchen, bathrooms,
floors and stairs, walls and ceilings, windows and doors,
fireplaces, attics, ventilation, insulation,
basement and lower level, water penetration.

If you're buying a home you should educate yourself with products like these DVDs so you don't have to rely on other people. That way you won't have headaches and expensive repair bills afterwards.

This DVD is a highly recommended purchase!

very happy with my purchase - learned great advice
Very happy that I saw this DVD before I sold my home. I was able to learn some great advice and take care of many items in my house that needed to be upgraded so that my sales price would be as high as the market would allow. All the buyers that came by to see my home including the real estate brokers for the open house found everything working correctly. I learned what to have the home maintenance contractors repair or update so that the buyers and realtors and home inspectors did not find anything that needing repairs.

My heating system was tuned up, the air conditioner was tested and OK, some plumbing pipes needed replacing due to rust and a minor leak at one section, baths and kitchens had new electrical outlets installed, my deck needed additional support braces that were metal on some of the wood structure parts, and there were some safety issues that were taken care of. All of this would have lowered the sales price on my house if I did not realize what needed to be repaired before the brokers and buyers came by. Even one of the home inspectors hired by a buyer complimented me on the good condition of my house!

I also bought the appraisal book in this series which was excellent also. That was something else I wanted to learn about before listing my home for sale to find out what the buyers bank appraiser would look for in relation to a mortgage loan.

You will learn fantastic information on home inspection.
My husband and I had purchased the Real Estate Appraisal book written by this author, Guy Cozzi, and we were extremely pleased with what we learned. The book saved us tens of thousands of dollars when we remodeled our home before selling it. We also purchased both of the DVDs that Guy Cozzi created to learn even more before we remodeled our home and put it on the market for sale. The DVDs were also a very good purchase that we are happy we made. My husband and I are not real estate experts but wanted to learn enough to make sure the contractors that were going to be remodeling and improving our home were telling us everything we needed to know. We had some past experiences with contractors making repairs at our home and over-charging us for sub-standard work. Since we are not real estate or building experts, my husband and I wanted to make sure that never happened again - especially with the $115,000.00 home remodeling job we were planning. These DVDs were a great help to us in our decision making process. If you are a home seller or planning to remodel or improve your home, then the DVDs and books by this author are an phenomenal invest that is well worth the price!